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. >> bob works for a private company, jerry is a state government employee. bob drives a nice car. jerry's car is 40% nicer. >> the disparity makes no sense. >> reporter: the taxpayer watchdog says california state workers bank an average $43.10 an hour compared to $30.65 for the private-sector employee. that's because the totals include wages, benefits and pensions. >> these pensions are unaffordable an freezing out basic services. >> reporter: the watchdog group says if this trend continues, sources like police and fire will suffer as the government pays pensions, not everyone agreed. >> to make a statement like that ignores a lot of facts and unique circumstances that are at work in many states and cities. >> reporter: the retirement administrators says pension contributions make up fewer than 9% of a state's budget. the association says the report demonizes workers. california received an f. in washington, jaqqueline fell. >>> president obama and republican nominee mitt romney are in their final hours of preparation for the first of three high stakes debates tomorrow. the presi
. >> bob works for a private company, jerry is a state government employee. bob drives a nice car. jerry's car is 40% nicer. >> the disparity makes no sense. >> reporter: the taxpayer watchdog says california state workers bank an average $43.10 an hour compared to $30.65 for the private-sector employee. that's because the totals include wages, benefits and pensions. >> these pensions are unaffordable an freezing out basic services. >> reporter: the watchdog group...
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bob mackenzie brought us this report in the 1990s. >> reporter: mamola did pretty well for himself. something has bothered ed mamola all his life. he and his brother never knew anything about their father expect that he had died when they were babies. their mother managed to support the boys by working two jobs but she would never talk about her husband. >> she wouldn't talk nothing about what he was doing or nothing. she was just scared. she was scared the mafia was going to come get her and us kids. >> reporter: finally this year, mamola got a call from sergeant jim nelson of the alameda county sheriff's department. nelson had ran across this story of joseph momola a policeman killed on the job in 1827. and a few weeks ago, nelson and the mamolas went to alam rock cemetery and walked to the grave of joseph mamola, jeff's father. >> it's nice when you get something like this when you get a nice ending. >> reporter: the story sergeant nelson told them was this, joseph mamola was a constable, an elected police official in richmond in the days of prohibition. >> now deemed under court
bob mackenzie brought us this report in the 1990s. >> reporter: mamola did pretty well for himself. something has bothered ed mamola all his life. he and his brother never knew anything about their father expect that he had died when they were babies. their mother managed to support the boys by working two jobs but she would never talk about her husband. >> she wouldn't talk nothing about what he was doing or nothing. she was just scared. she was scared the mafia was going to come...
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here is the manager, bob melvin, talking. >> i know you had a good feeling about this team in spring training. >> i know that even during that nine-game losing streak, you still had the confidence, still had the team behind you. when was it that you thought, yes, we are a west division championship team? >> you know what? i don't know that i -- we could try to get better. we just tried to get better and better as the season went along. june, july, august, we started to have a feeling that we could do something if we stayed in a position to do it. you know, you look at our record the second half of the season, absolutely amazing. >> from day 1, it's been inside of us. they never give up. they try to come back. when you get down after a big inning like that, in a situation like this, there's no time to hang your head. you gotta fight back right away. we got in this dugout. we were ready to go. >> we've all been in a position of having to fight for our livelihood to stay up here. you put a bunch of guys in a clubhouse like that, and there's a mentally that you go out and play as hard as
here is the manager, bob melvin, talking. >> i know you had a good feeling about this team in spring training. >> i know that even during that nine-game losing streak, you still had the confidence, still had the team behind you. when was it that you thought, yes, we are a west division championship team? >> you know what? i don't know that i -- we could try to get better. we just tried to get better and better as the season went along. june, july, august, we started to have a...
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you know, create a winning mentality, and follow bob melvin. >>> no wild card talk by the a's. game 1 saturday in detroit at 3:00 our time. game 2, sunday, then game 3 in oakland. on tuesday everything after that is if necessary. >>> in what's been a season of memorable motes, miguel cabrera became the first triple crown winner in 45 years. he receive the congratulations. the last triple crown winner was boston's carl yastrzemski in 1967. >>> nothing for the giants or dodgers to play for today, after the giants officially ended the dodgers season last night. tommy lasorda, not exactly on the edge of his seat for this one. the giants took a 1-0 lead over clayton kershaw. posey was removed after this at bat, with his national league batting championship in tact, at .336, and mvp credentials nicely established. by the time juan rivera belted this home run, the guys deciding thicks in the play -- things in the playoffs for the giants were in the dugout. the dodgers won 5-1. the giants hosting the reds for 2 beginning on saturday at 6:30. game 2 is sunday in cincinnati. heady times
you know, create a winning mentality, and follow bob melvin. >>> no wild card talk by the a's. game 1 saturday in detroit at 3:00 our time. game 2, sunday, then game 3 in oakland. on tuesday everything after that is if necessary. >>> in what's been a season of memorable motes, miguel cabrera became the first triple crown winner in 45 years. he receive the congratulations. the last triple crown winner was boston's carl yastrzemski in 1967. >>> nothing for the giants or...
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the president attended fundraisers in los angeles yesterday following a concert featuring john bob joe i have, stevey wonder and jennifer hudson. >>> republican presidential nominee mitt romney is scheduled to deliver sam foreign policy -- deliver a foreign policy speech today. the changes romney said he would make in middle east policy. >>> early voting in california. if you want to vote early head to your county election office. most offices will be closed today because of columbus today. ballots for those voting by mail will be sent tomorrow. 32 states and the district of columbia offer some form of early voting. >>> u.s. park police officers shot at a would-be car thief who is accused of trying to run him over. it started at 6:30 saturday night when officers saw the suspect trying to steal a car on lincoln boulevard. investigators say the suspect jumped into a tan buick that was waiting nearby and drove toward the officer. the police are looking for that vehicle. >>> a judge will soon decide whether or not to postpone pg&e pipeline hearings. the ongoing hearings follow the deadly e
the president attended fundraisers in los angeles yesterday following a concert featuring john bob joe i have, stevey wonder and jennifer hudson. >>> republican presidential nominee mitt romney is scheduled to deliver sam foreign policy -- deliver a foreign policy speech today. the changes romney said he would make in middle east policy. >>> early voting in california. if you want to vote early head to your county election office. most offices will be closed today because of...
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. >> reporter: a's manager bob melvin and curt young haven't announced the starting pitcher for saturday. but you bet it's going to be a rookie. yesterday rookie evan skrigner relieved griffin. and skrigner pitched three hitless innings against the rangers. that's a major league record. >> just impressed, impressed with everything these guys have done all yearlong. and like i said they're not rookies anymore. they've been through this season. and in this division to come out on top is just so special. >> the end result is a little shocking. we know how good we are, we know what we deserve. we felt we earned this and we took it. >> the 49ers are still the class of the nfc division but arizona won its first four games. the rams, already surpassed their victory from last year. and they sacked kaub nine times. it's the lowest point total for the cardinals since 2004. kaulb took it like a man but that's going to leave a mark. quarterback sam bradford hits given for a 52-yard pick up. >>> utah led 14-0 early but trojans quarterback matt barkley brings it back. ufc wins 38-28 and that's sports
. >> reporter: a's manager bob melvin and curt young haven't announced the starting pitcher for saturday. but you bet it's going to be a rookie. yesterday rookie evan skrigner relieved griffin. and skrigner pitched three hitless innings against the rangers. that's a major league record. >> just impressed, impressed with everything these guys have done all yearlong. and like i said they're not rookies anymore. they've been through this season. and in this division to come out on top...
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. >> my vote is for bob. >> maybe inland temperatures maybe it will not matter. 70s to 90s although if you didn't hear it, 100 degrees in santa cruz yesterday. all records were set on this date and we only had one record yesterday and that was 90 degrees. san rafael 106 not a chance, livermore 106, san jose, maybe. we are forecasting 106 san jose. 65 in san francisco which is the warmest temperatures hayward and low 60s sitting at 63. so far nothing at fso. we have a little system ushering in a westerly breeze. we have a mild morning for most, 80s 90s to near 100 degrees. if you are sitting at 65 it doesn't take much to warm up. it will still be warm to hot. wednesday, friday looks like a significant cool down which will take us into the weekend. >>> time right now, a string of male theft, the information about what will be taken. >>> it forced people to run for their lives. >>> good morning westbound 24, this traffic in oakland -- we have traffic in oakland and we will tell you more about the bay area weather coming up. . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. take a loo
. >> my vote is for bob. >> maybe inland temperatures maybe it will not matter. 70s to 90s although if you didn't hear it, 100 degrees in santa cruz yesterday. all records were set on this date and we only had one record yesterday and that was 90 degrees. san rafael 106 not a chance, livermore 106, san jose, maybe. we are forecasting 106 san jose. 65 in san francisco which is the warmest temperatures hayward and low 60s sitting at 63. so far nothing at fso. we have a little system...
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. >> reporter: we spoke with a's manager bob melvin about the keys to this season's success shortly before the start of tonight's game. >> we got a lot of good players, number one. number two, we play hard every day that's the thing i'm most proud of. >> reporter: in this final a's stretch, they've set up a merchandise table. right here right now i can hear the loud roar of the crowd just behind me. they have won a wild card spot. and the last time the a's made the play offs was in 2006. so this final stretch is very rewarding for the die-hard fans that have been here game after game. any minute now i expect the fans to come pouring out. but as i can hear them, they are loud. they are excited. there are two more games. they've won -- it was close for a long time but they won. like i said i can hear the excitement. the roaring, any minute i'm expecting them to come out. they have another game tomorrow and another game on wednesday. if they win the next two games they will clench the al west division. reporting live here at the oakland coliseum, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a record s
. >> reporter: we spoke with a's manager bob melvin about the keys to this season's success shortly before the start of tonight's game. >> we got a lot of good players, number one. number two, we play hard every day that's the thing i'm most proud of. >> reporter: in this final a's stretch, they've set up a merchandise table. right here right now i can hear the loud roar of the crowd just behind me. they have won a wild card spot. and the last time the a's made the play offs...
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bob melvin got a pie in the face. [ cheers ] >> actually, there's talk of melvin being a candidate for manager. year. mean isle while, back in the clubhouse, the champagne and beer were glowing. there's a lot of dancing. if oakland wins today and tomorrow, the last two games of the regular season, they will be division champions. >> it's -- it all came together so perfectly. i didn't expect to be here this year. next year i did. but not this year. we're really excited. >> does it feel like you thought it would? >> you can't put a word on what this feels like. this is how you -- what you work your hole life -- your whole life for. there's only about 21,000 fans at the game last night. they are expecting about 3,000 fans tonight. and if they win, they will expect about 30,000 fans. >> and then there's the yankees. >> yes. >>> there is a major effort to attract new firefighter to come to contra costa county. we'll tell you how many spots they are looking to fill and how you can apply. d i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money
bob melvin got a pie in the face. [ cheers ] >> actually, there's talk of melvin being a candidate for manager. year. mean isle while, back in the clubhouse, the champagne and beer were glowing. there's a lot of dancing. if oakland wins today and tomorrow, the last two games of the regular season, they will be division champions. >> it's -- it all came together so perfectly. i didn't expect to be here this year. next year i did. but not this year. we're really excited. >> does...